بررسي الگوي مصرف دخانيات در مشاغل مختلف در شهر بندرعباس

Tobacco consumption pattern in different professions, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the 21" century. Tobacco consumption control in one of the main efforts among all preventable risk factors of cardiovascular diseases . Consumption rate estimation of tobacco and opioid products in different strata of society for interventional education programs is very important. This study is aimed [0 investigate the consumption rate of tobacco and opioid products in different professions of Bandar Abbas residents . Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 2114 truck, trailer and bus drivers, 700 fishermen, 612 farmers , 502 university students and 500 male government employees , were selected using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaires of demographic data and tobacco products consumption habits were filled for every individual in their presence. SPSS 14 software, t-test and Chi-square tests were used for data analysis . Results: The results revealed that 72.6% of the drivers , 44% of the fishermen, 18.8% of government employees, 28.7% of the farmers and 42.4% of the university students are daily consumers of one of the tobacco products such as cigarette, hookah or pipe. The mean number of cigarette per day for driver s was 14 and the mean time of using hookah for them was 1.2 daily. Conclusion: It seems that interventional education programs for excelling knowledge of different strata of society is of great significance .